About 12:10 a.m. Wednesday, police attempted to arrest Franklin for retail theft near the corner of North Wells Street and West North Avenue, in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood.

The suspect resisted officers' attempts to arrest him, prompting a police officer to warn he would use a Taser, according to witnesses. When he broke free and started to run away, an officer used his Taser, witnesses said. The man fell into a light pole and appeared to be unresponsive for minutes, the witnesses said.

Three more men have been arrested, and four others are being sought, in an investigation into Chicago-area "crash-and-grab" burglaries that netted the ring more than $2 million in merchandise, police said.

SPRINGFIELD -- Senate lawmakers introduced a plan Tuesday that would give Gov. Bruce Rauner the power to sweep nearly $580 million from special funds as he seeks to plug a budget hole that threatens child care services and prison workers' paychecks.